Connecticut western news., 1887-08-31
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 31, 1887.
PINE GROVE CAMP MEETING,

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 31, 1887.
 PINE GROVE CAMP MEETING. SERMONS BY BISHOP HURST, DR IGLEHART, AND DR. HAMILTON. CONDENSED
 REPORT OF THE ExERCIsEs OF
 LAST WEEK. VARIOUS NOTES
 OF THE MEETINGS.
 Our report in last weeks issue closed with the exercises of Monday afternoon. Monday evening w. R. Webster, of Millerton, preached and 8 rousing prayer meeting followed.
 Tuesday opened with rain and the day seemed very unfavorable for the meetings, but we had magnificent ser mons. In the morning Dr Osborne, of New York, preached powerful ser Bishop Hurst, of Buffalo, preached. The following is portion of his ser mon: "I want to say that am deligh- ted with this grove it is the finest pine grove have seen. I should like to stay here and engage in this hand to hand conflict for souls. I have 8 passion for this, but engagements call me away"
 Text, III Tim. 1-12. For I know whom I have believed.
 He knew the power of the presence of Jesus on land and on sea, and was knowing Him better every day. The human mind has always thirsted for the truth. Men will always search for the truth. God responds to this thirst in the christianity in which we be- Geve. Other religious and all sciences have come from small and obscure beginnings. Christianity is not fancy or legend, but fact system based upon the truth. I believe more and more in telling what God says, and in leaving out arguments from what say. One doctrine carries in its fall sll doc trines. If Christ be not risen then is our preaching vain. But he knew that the resurrection could not be disproved. Other great faiths must decline here is the magnificent faith founded on the rock ; back of the faith lies the indivi- dual. We know Christ, not simply his word. We believe Jesus, his infinite love, his power. We find this belief in the anticipation of his coming. No great leader has ever been announced before his advent, but Christ was ex- pected by all the nations, Jesus is on every page of the Bible. Jesus as prophet. priest and king, as savior, redeemer, IS everywhere found. Skepti. cism cannot explain the prophecies. ] wish the blatent infidelity of our land might be seen in all it's profaneness. The name Jesus is found in the old testament. Did Moses have anything to do with Christ Paul seems to have thought SO. The old testament is the root to the tree of inspiration.
 Again, We know Him through His wonderful life. Even the worst criti cism admits the gospels. It is living character, revealed in the four gospels Each writer supplements the narrative of the other. The perfect picture i. given in the four gospels. The evange list, John says: eve cannot know Christ fully" Paul says: "I know him." The child knows the mother although not in her complete materna character. The humblest child may not know Christ fully, but yet he knowl Him. I might be asked if I understood the science of navigation, but I know the ship, I have proven it by expert ence and I go safely. Men do no refuse to drink water because the, don't understand the chemistry of it Shall we refuse to trust Gods truth because our poor minds cannot compre bend it. Obedience is the high way to knowledge" All of us know enough to be lost, if We do not accept Chris as our Savior. We know enough to b, saved-know all we can, but with tn, little we do know let us teach men t. come to Jesus. I believe in any sou coming to Jesus, no matter what tn, instrumentality is, whether it is Taylor in Africa, or Small in America
 We know Jesus by his wonderful work in history. Imagine Jesus to hay stood back in the world as imperative hn l1 k1 .s1z figure in history. But the disciple waited for the descent of the Hol, , Ghost The presenting Saul becaus the peerless Paul. The new testament followed, missions spread out every where, no timidity and no word O Encouragement is ever found, sublim faith We will succeed. Nothing cal explain this except the living presenc of Christ in His church. Take Jesu out of history and you take the SUI out of the sky. Every charity no, existing arose from christianity. Tn old Spartan put the invalid child t death that they might not injure tn State Girls are put to death in Indis Christianity makes home place of affee tion, it carries happiness wherever i goes.
 When men sin against God he alway takes care that the boy or girl is lyin in the cradle to fight the battles fo Him. Never imagine that . wrong ca, = z